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I’ve updated the Elections Page of this site to reflect the preliminary numbers from yesterday’s Democratic Primary. There were two contested races in Lowell. In the 18th Middlesex State Representative District, Tara Hong defeated incumbent Rady Mom. In the Northern Middlesex Register of Deeds race, Karen Cassella defeated Sokhary Chau…

Interview of Pierre V. Comtois by David Daniel Prolific Lowell author Pierre V. Comtois has a new book. David Daniel recently sat down with Pierre to discuss his just-published Marvel Comics in the Early 1960s. **** Daniel: Marvel Comics in the Early 1960s is the fourth entry in your popular…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog Kamala Harris easily achieved her minimalist goal of responding to those wondering whether she could do an unscripted interview, without the benefit of a teleprompter, the hoopla of the national convention, backup pop stars, cascading balloons, and…

The city council met on Tuesday night and while the meeting lasted for more than three hours, no single issue dominated. Most of the time was spent on 14 motion responses and 18 new motions from councilors. With Mayor Dan Rourke absent, the meeting was capably run by Vice Chair…

A school, a platform, a beacon – (PIP #39) By Louise Peloquin      A series of texts on Lowell’s French newspaper L’Etoile started on August 22, 2023. The first, “A Star on Prince Street”, presented editor/proprietor Louis-A. Biron. https://richardhowe.com/2023/08/22/a-star-on-prince-street/ Here is a speech guest speaker Biron delivered, probably in the ’40’s, at…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Kamala Harris may have started her speech Thursday night as the little girl inspired by her mother to be anything she wanted to be, urged on by mommy to “do something” to challenge injustice, but the Democratic…

No city council meeting last week so today we have another look back: Lowell is a great place for history tours because if you look hard enough, you can connect almost anything  in world history to some person, place or event in Lowell. I was reminded of this last week…

The Olympics Now . . . and Then By David Daniel I was sitting at a restaurant bar last Saturday afternoon, the corner seat, having a martini. Tanqueray No. 10, a whisper of dry vermouth, stirred, not shaken, and a single olive—the way a New York bartender explained as she…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. I have covered Republican and Democratic national conventions from New York to Kansas City, but I’ve never seen a first night as electric as that which I viewed on television last evening.  I did not take notes,…

Only Five Percent – (PIP #38) By Louise Peloquin      The last couple of weeks have offered followers of the world’s political scene a pretty exciting roller-coaster ride. Headlines like “Starmer In, Sunak Out as Labour Wipes out Conservatives” dominated UK news on July 5th. Reformist lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian won…